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Steam Linux client gets updated along with 5000 new testers

Valve have just updated the Steam for Linux client. Your client will update automatically but if you wish to force the update, click Check for Steam Client Updates..., from the top-level Steam menu.
The following fixes are included in this release:

added support for using xdg-user-dir-lookup to find the DESKTOP directory

fixed bug with maximize button not working

made the Steam install directory relocatable

steam install now properly updates the /usr/bin/steam directory

added support for proper reinstallation if the Steam install bootstrap fails

fixed a glyph rendering bug that resulted in heap corruption

the locale is now set to generate proper character input

Update 22/11/2012

Valve is making good progress finding and fixing issues that our users have reported so we're expanding the beta by 5000 before the long holiday (US) weekend kicks in. New limited beta testers will have an email notification in their inbox.

Have a great weekend everyone! Utappia is now an official beta tester! Guess what, we've got our invitation! Yeah!

Has anyone tried gaming on ubuntu/unity with compiz 0.9.8.2 and above ? * gtk-window-decorator has been fully ported from GConf to GSettings. * Gamers rejoice! CCSM > Composite > "Unredirect Fullscreen Windows" now works more reliably, with a few bugs remaining. If you turn it on then fullscreen windows like games will get direct rendering access and won't be slowed by Compiz (or Unity) any more. quantal came with 0.9.8.0. https://launchpad.net/compiz/0.9.8/0.9.8.2 or the latest from staging ppa http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/unity_team_staging?dist=quantal curious to see if anyone is getting any performance gains

Using multiple cores and processors simultaneously to achieve faster compression and decompression rates is possible nowadays with the new generation of multi-core cpu's. Using the following methods to create compressed backups of your files will be less time consuming.